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Trends & Predictions
Job Outlook
Employers taking part in the Job Outlook 2020 have tempered their hiring plans for new college graduates as they plan to hire 5.8 percent more new college graduates from the Class of 2020 than they did from the Class of 2019 for positions in the United States. Read More.
Trends & Predictions
Job Offers for Class of 2019 Grads Impacted by Internship Experience
May 13, 2019
By NACE Staff
The job offer rate for the Class of 2019 was strongly tied to internship experience and the pay status of those internships. Read More.
Compensation
Preliminary Results: Computer Science Top-Paid Master’s Discipline
October 18, 2019
By NACE Staff
Computer and information sciences is the top-paid Class of 2019 discipline at the master’s-degree level, according to preliminary results reported to NACE. Read More.
Trends & Predictions
Offer Rate Points to Best Job Market Since 2007
May 13, 2019
By NACE Staff
Class of 2019 graduating seniors are benefitting from the best job market for new college graduates since 2007. Read More.
Compensation
Equal Opportunity, Unequal Outcomes: Exploring Gender Inequality in Post-College Career Outcomes
November 01, 2018
By Julia C. Lapan
In comparing both the first destinations and the lifelong professional outcomes for women and men, there are some notable disparities, including in pay. What part can higher ed play in eliminating the gender pay gap?
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DATA BITES

3.5%

Overall unemployment rate
Bureau of Labor Statistics

4.0% (DECEMBER 2019)
4.7% (DECEMBER 2018)

Unemployment rate, bachelor’s degree grads age 20 – 24
Bureau of Labor Statistics

$50,944

Average starting salary, Class of 2018 bachelor’s degree graduate
Summer 2019 Salary Survey

5.8%

Increase in hiring projected for Class of 2020 over Class of 2019
Job Outlook 2020

58.7%

Percent of Class of 2018 bachelor’s degree grads employed full time within six months of graduation
First Destinations for the College Class of 2018

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